spinach

[ spin-ich ]
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noun
  1. a plant, Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its edible, crinkly or flat leaves.

  2. the leaves.

Origin of spinach

1
First recorded in 1400–50; Middle English spinache, spinage, spinarch, from Anglo-French spinache, from Old French espinache, espinage, espinoche, from Medieval Latin spinargium, spinachium, spinarchium, ultimately from Arabic isfānākh, isfināj, perhaps from Persian isfānāj, ispānāk, aspānāk

Other words from spinach

  • spin·ach·like, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for spinach

spinach

/ (ˈspɪnɪdʒ, -ɪtʃ) /


noun
  1. a chenopodiaceous annual plant, Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its dark green edible leaves

  2. the leaves of this plant, eaten as a vegetable

Origin of spinach

1
C16: from Old French espinache, from Old Spanish espinaca, from Arabic isfānākh, from Persian

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